Violent look at East Harlem Italian mafia opens with the kidnaping, torture, and killing of a rival gang member and moves forward along a brutal course in its examination of two gang members as they get involved in a messed up drug deal.
The vampire Angel, cursed with a soul, moves to Los Angeles and aids people with supernatural-related problems while questing for his own redemption. A spin-off from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Dr. Mark Sloan is a good-natured, offbeat physician who is called upon to solve murders.